But the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, has emphasized the primacy of Islamic law and the role of the Ministry of Vice and Virtue in reforming Afghan society and its people. In a message issued ...

A realignment inside the Taliban, an unspoken preference for U.S. partnership and a recognition that isolation is a dead end ...

Rights groups and the U.N. condemned the killings. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has previously rejected the need for Western laws in Afghanistan. In an audio clip released Sunday by the ...

Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, ...

The Afghan Taliban, in line with their hardline Islamic fundamentalist teachings, have reinforced their media ban on the ...

Taliban orders a major Taliban Security Forces Reduction, removing 20% of personnel and triggering anger among dismissed ...